diff --git a/MainForm.Designer.cs b/MainForm.Designer.cs
index 5fa0068..678ff8d 100644
--- a/MainForm.Designer.cs
+++ b/MainForm.Designer.cs
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ namespace processor
             this.btnStart.TabIndex = 2;
             this.btnStart.Text = "Start";
             this.btnStart.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            this.btnStart.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnStart_Click);
             // 
             // btnStep
             // 
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ namespace processor
             this.btnStep.TabIndex = 3;
             this.btnStep.Text = "Step";
             this.btnStep.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            this.btnStep.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnStep_Click);
             // 
             // btnHalt
             // 
diff --git a/MainForm.cs b/MainForm.cs
index c793d5a..486ae69 100644
--- a/MainForm.cs
+++ b/MainForm.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection.Emit;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 
+using processor.Properties;
+
 using static processor.Extensions;
 
 namespace processor
@@ -59,6 +63,20 @@ namespace processor
         /// <returns></returns>
         private int ReadRam(int address) => CnvRespectfully(ramList.Items[address].ToString().Split(':', StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries)[1]);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads the amount of memory cells supplied in "count", starts reading from "address". 0 for count only reads addressed memory, 1 reads addressed and next cell
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="address"></param>
+        /// <param name="count"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private int ReadRam(int address, int count = 0)
+        {
+            string append = string.Empty;
+            for (int i = 0; i <= count; i++)
+                append += ramList.Items[address + i].ToString().Split(':', StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries)[1];
+            return CnvRespectfully(append);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used by loader for writing hexadecimal/binary instructions
         /// </summary>
@@ -74,6 +92,33 @@ namespace processor
         private void WriteRam(int address, int value) => ramList.Items[address] = $"{CnvRespectfully(address)}: {CnvRespectfully(value)}";
         #endregion
 
+        #region Registers
+
+        private int ReadRegister(int address) => CnvRespectfully(Controls.Find($"txtr{address:x}".ToLower(), true)[0].Text);
+
+        private void WriteRegister(int address, int value) => Controls.Find($"txtr{address:x}".ToLower(), true)[0].Text = CnvRespectfully(value);
+
+        private int ReadCounter() => CnvRespectfully(txtProgCounter.Text);
+
+        private void SetCounter(int value)
+        {
+            txtProgCounter.Text = CnvRespectfully(value);
+            SetInstRegister(ReadRam(ReadCounter(), 1));
+        }
+
+        private int[] ReadInstRegister()
+        {
+            int[] r = new int[4];
+            string[] a = radHex.Checked ? txtrInstReg.Text.Split1() : txtrInstReg.Text.Split4().ToArray();
+            for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+                r[i] = CnvRespectfully(a[i]);
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        private void SetInstRegister(int value) => txtrInstReg.Text = CnvRespectfully4(value);
+
+        #endregion
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Converts integer to hexadecimal or binary representation in text according to selected view mode
         /// </summary>
@@ -81,6 +126,10 @@ namespace processor
         /// <returns></returns>
         private string CnvRespectfully(int value) => radHex.Checked ? Convert.ToString(value, 16).PadLeft(2, '0').ToUpper() : Convert.ToString(value, 2).PadLeft(8, '0');
 
+        private string CnvRespectfully4(int value) => radHex.Checked ? Convert.ToString(value, 16).PadLeft(4, '0').ToUpper() : Convert.ToString(value, 2).PadLeft(8, '0');
+
+        private string CnvRespectfully(int value, int hexPad = 2, int binPad = 8) => radHex.Checked ? Convert.ToString(value, 16).PadLeft(hexPad, '0').ToUpper() : Convert.ToString(value, 2).PadLeft(binPad, '0');
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Converts hexadecimal or binary representation to integer according to selected view mode
         /// </summary>
@@ -88,6 +137,8 @@ namespace processor
         /// <returns></returns>
         private int CnvRespectfully(string value) => radHex.Checked ? Convert.ToInt32(value, 16) : Convert.ToInt32(value, 2);
 
+        private string AppendOperand(int x, int y) => radHex.Checked ? CnvRespectfully((x * 16) + y, 2, 8) : CnvRespectfully(5, 2, 4) + CnvRespectfully(3, 2, 4);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Parses and loads instructions to ramList
         /// </summary>
@@ -126,7 +177,10 @@ namespace processor
 
         private void btnStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            
+        }
+
+        private void btnStep_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
         }
     }
 }